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Ṣadaqah (Arabic: صدقة [ˈsˤɑdæqɑ],* "charity", "benevolence",[1] plural ṣadaqāt صدقات [sˤɑdæˈqɑːt]) in the modern Islamic context has come to signify "voluntary charity".[2] According to the Quran, the word means a voluntary offering, whose amount is at the will of the benefactor.[3] It is similar to zakat, or compulsory giving, one of the five pillars of Islam.
It is also a cognate of the Jewish concept of tzedakah, a Hebrew word that also refers to acts of voluntary giving.[4]
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- ^ Heck, Paul L. "Taxation". In Pink, Johanna (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān. doi:10.1163/1875-3922_q3_EQCOM_00199. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Tzedakah-Sadaqah: Community Service".